1960s Timeline

June 30, 1962 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a no-hitter tonight and struck out 13 batters in turning back the New York Mets, 5-0. The no-hitter was the first in the National League this season. It was the 39th time that Koufax, a left-hander, had struck out 10 or more batters in a game. Koufax walked five. The Dodgers, who had scored four times in the first inning, increased their lead in the seventh on a home run by Frank Howard. Koufax needed only nine p

June 30, 1962 - The Cleveland Browns have been the most active in making player trades in the NFL for the coming season. They have acquired seven players and traded nine. Cleveland’s biggest deal — and undoubtedly the biggest in the league during the off-season — brought Ernie Davis, an all-American halfback, from the Redskins in exchange for Bobby Mitchell and Leroy Jackson of Southern Illinois. This is the longest period the Browns have played without winning a title, and t

June 30, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy made a speech in Spanish today that recalled that she had visited Mexico on her wedding trip. A little nervous and conscious of the fact that she was facing not only the luncheon guests but a vast television audience, the First Lady delivered a brief message in excellent Spanish. Flanked by her husband and President Mateos of Mexico, she said: “My husband I are very glad to come back to Mexico. This is my third trip here. I like to reme

June 30, 1962 - Former President Eisenhower said today that the Republicans were the party of business and that he was “proud of the label.” General Eisenhower was speaking to about 100 party leaders who met on his Gettysburg farm in the first All-Republican Conference. The conference was organized, party leaders said, to bring them together periodically, to keep party activities in the public eye, and to provide a consultative body for Republican officeholders. In welcoming

June 30, 1962 - Dr. Robert Soblen (left), convicted wartime spy for the Soviet Union, was authoritatively reported to have been expelled from Israel and put on a plane for New York. Informed sources in Washington said the 62-year-old psychiatrist, who fled to Tel Aviv last Tuesday, had been ordered out of the country for illegal entry. Soblen, who is suffering from lymphatic leukemia, was arrested in Tel Aviv on Thursday, the day he was to have surrendered in New York to begi

June 30, 1962 - Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy today visited children in a day nursery with Mrs. de Lopez Mateos, the Mexican President’s wife. Mrs. Kennedy found the tour of the nursery, housed in the ultra-modern building of the National Infant Protection Institute, so “delicious” that she stayed half an hour longer than scheduled to cuddle and play with the youngsters. To one loudly crying infant she gave a plastic-wrapped lunch package put out by the factory, and he quieted at o

June 30, 1962 - President Kennedy and President Adolfo Lopez Mateos declared today that a “new era of understanding and friendship” had been reached between the U.S. and Mexico. The statement was made in a joint communiqué issued as Mr. Kennedy continued his triumphant state visit to Mexico. It followed three conferences between the two leaders, the last of which was held this morning. On the question that had caused major friction between the two countries — namely, how to d

June 30, 1962 - The South Vietnamese Government charged today that new weapons from Communist China had been given to Communist Viet Cong guerrillas. It demanded action against these “flagrant violations” of the Geneva Agreement. South Vietnam charged that Chinese Communist 57-mm. bazookas, recoilless rifles, and ammunition were being used by the Red guerrillas. It was stated that Chinese Communist bazookas, rockets, submachine guns, and ammunition were captured when a Govern

June 29, 1962 - Four Angel errors and a complete-game, 4-hit pitching performance by Whitey Ford led to a 6-3 Yankee triumph today. The victory extended the Yanks’ winning streak to three games, and they also drew to within a half-game of the front-running Indians, who bowed to the White Sox. Manager Ralph Houk’s defending champions picked up the run that won the game at the expense of pitcher Jack Spring in the seventh inning. A lead-off single by Tom Tresh (pictured) , a wa

June 29, 1962 - Sir Winston Churchill (pictured arriving in London early this morning) underwent a successful operation today to mend his broken left thigh. A bulletin issued at Middlesex Hospital in London stated: “The fixation of the fracture of the femur was carried out this evening successfully, and Sir Winston’s condition after the operation is satisfactory.” The operation began at 6:10 p.m. It lasted about an hour. Brig. G.P. Hardy-Roberts, the superintendent of the hos

June 29, 1962 - Roman Gabriel (pictured with ball) of North Carolina State and Bob Ferguson of Ohio State, 1961 college stars who are headed to the NFL, led the East to a 13-8 victory over the West today in the second All-America Bowl football game in Buffalo, N.Y. It attracted 22,759 fans. Gabriel, a future Los Angeles Ram, plunged from the 1-yard line on a quarterback sneak for one East touchdown in the third period. Ferguson, a fullback slated to join the Pittsburgh Steele

June 29, 1962 - Lee Remick and James Garner have been signed to co-star in “The Wheeler Dealers,” which Martin Ransohoff will produce next February for MGM release. The story deals with a big-time Texas wheeler-dealer (who's actually Ivy league-educated, but plays dumb) who runs out of money and goes to New York City to raise $1.5 million. #classicmovies #1960s #OTD

June 29, 1962 - Here is a video clip of President Kennedy’s remarks upon his arrival in Mexico City. #JFK #1960s #history #OTD #politics #mexico

June 29, 1962 - Actress Pamela Mason (right) today filed a separate maintenance suit in Santa Monica, Calif., against James Mason (left), the actor, and obtained a temporary restraining order to keep the actor from taking their two children out of the state. Mrs. Mason also asked for $14,000 monthly support payments from the British star. Superior Judge Edward Brand signed a restraining order against Mr. Mason’s taking the children from California or transferring any communit

June 29, 1962 - Eight thousand supporters of the Christian Anti-Communism Crusade rallied in Madison Square Garden last night as two hundred pickets marched outside in protest. Dr. Fred C. Schwarz, the Australian physician and Baptist lay preacher whose Crusade has won at least 100,000 followers in the U.S. since 1953, told the crowd that the Communists would take over this country from inside in less than 20 years unless their timetable was upset. Dr. Schwarz said that if th

June 29, 1962 - The Israeli Government is determined to deport Dr. Robert A. Soblen as quickly as possible to the U.S., a highly placed official said today. The official added that there was general agreement that Soblen should be deported as soon as court action could be completed without violating any legal safeguards that are his under Israeli law. He said the Government was anxious that Israel not be turned into a haven for Jewish criminals. The 62-year-old psychiatrist f

June 29, 1962 - In one of the largest combined operations yet against Communist guerrillas, South Vietnamese paratroopers were dropped this morning by U.S. Air Force planes into a key rebel stronghold in Tay Ninh and Binh Duong Provinces, northeast of Saigon. The latest reports on the major sweep, which is still going on, said the paratroopers had captured nine Viet Cong Communist political officers and seized two rice storage depots and equipment. The sweep is being carried

June 29, 1962 - President Kennedy received a tumultuous welcome to Mexico today. The crowds lining the President’s nine-mile route from the International Airport to Mexico City made up what was called the largest reception Mr. Kennedy had ever received. It appeared that at least 1 million persons had turned out. Long-time foreign residents in Mexico City said they had never seen anything like it. The ride from the airport to Los Pinos, the residence of Mexican President Lopez

June 28, 1962 - Following the Dodgers’ 5-4 victory over the Mets this evening in a 13-inning game at the Chavez Ravine Stadium in Los Angeles, Dodger center fielder Willie Davis (pictured) was fined $25 as a “reprimand for losing his temper.” Davis, angered at a third strike called against him in the sixth inning, hurled his bat at the Dodger dugout along the third-base line. The bat skipped over the top of the dugout, grazed a second-row patron in the left temple, and droppe

June 28, 1962 - The New York Mets, who have no past and are dismally bogged down in the present, invested a substantial sum in the future today by signing Ed Kranepool (right), a 17-year-old first baseman from James Monroe High School in the Bronx. Kranepool received a bonus estimated to be $75,000. Kranepool, a 6-foot-3-inch, 205-pound left-hander, is expected to join the Mets in Los Angeles today to begin a cram course under the expert guidance of Gil Hodges, the Mets’ slic